Joseph Conrad is now widely accepted as one of the modernist masters of serious narrative fiction. Historically placed, he is a major figure in the transition from Victorian fiction to the more perplexed forms and values of twentiethcentury literature. N...

Joseph Conrad is now widely accepted as one of the modernist masters of serious narrative fiction. Historically placed, he is a major figure in the transition from Victorian fiction to the more perplexed forms and values of twentieth-century literature....

The short fiction of Joseph Conrad is central to his literary achievement. Conrad wrote forty-three works of fiction, of which thirty-one are short, ranging from stories of a few pages to novellas of twenty-five thousand to fifty thousand words. His shor...

A strong typhoon blowing off the mountainous north of the Philippines forced authorities to close schools in the capital for the second straight day Thursday and disaster-response teams braced for possible floods and landslides.Typhoon Sepat _ the Malaysian word for a fresh water fish _...

Thousands of people in an area devastated by a powerful typhoon last week in the eastern Philippines were told to evacuate Saturday after another storm slammed into the central part of the country.Typhoon Utor, packing sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, made landfall in...

A typhoon expected to hit Tokyo missed the capital and moved toward northeastern Japan on Sunday after leaving five people dead and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.Authorities said Typhoon Man-Yi was losing strength as it passed southwest of Tokyo, with sustained winds of 56...

Heavy rain and strong winds lashed Tokyo on Friday as a typhoon neared the capital after killing one person, injuring at least 35 and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes.Typhoon Fitow made landfall in Odawara in Kanagawa prefecture just south of Tokyo early...

Essay provides a book review of the novel "The Typhoon" by Mark Joseph.